Li Xiuxiu is pregnant. She doesn't have the legendary bad temper or any adverse reactions. She can eat and sleep. Her belly is bulging day by day. Shao Shuaijun's expectations are getting stronger day by day. He can't wait to see his son sooner. The noise from the outside world can no longer arouse Shao Shuaijun.
In addition to accompanying Li Xiuxiu, he was writing scripts in his study.
"Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are in the past, and he now needs to plan another original shooting plan, "Avengers", which is the highlight of the first trio of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and requires meticulous attention.
Creation. He spent several months with Li Xiuxiu, and he just happened to write this script.
At the end of July, Summit Entertainment general manager Mitchell Bruce and Marvel Comics general manager Kevin Feige flew to the capital together. The IPO of Dream Chaser Game Company was a major event related to the group company. As Summit Entertainment
Executives, two people have to get involved.
Shao Shuaijun didn't care about the IPO. What he cared about was the many good news brought by Kevin.
"We have reached an agreement with Lionsgate Pictures on the copyright issue of The Punisher and Humanoid. Marvel Comics has taken back all the copyrights of The Punisher and Humanoid. As compensation, we need to pay US$30 million in cash and invest in Lionsgate Films.
"Ten mid-to-low-cost movies in the industry." Kevin said with a smile, "Now that Summit Entertainment has made so much money, it’s hard to put it in our pockets. Lionsgate has become shabby in recent years and wants to hit our pockets."
Lionsgate has not done well in movies in recent years. "SAW" was almost a flop. Although other low-budget horror films have not lost money, especially in terms of DVD sales, Lionsgate is still very good.
.However, the subprime mortgage crisis has not yet subsided, and several previous blind expansion plans are asking for money.
In 2006, it acquired Debmar-Mercury, an American television production conglomerate. In 2007, it took a stake in the independent film distribution company Roadside-Attractions. In 2008, it took a stake in the film production company Relativity Media. In 2009, it also joined forces with MGM, which had already been purchased by Sony.
and Paramount Pictures, established the new pay-TV movie channel Epix Channel.
These plans seem to be very large-scale expansion, but in fact they are all unable to make ends meet. Especially now that movies have not been able to take the mainstream road, Lionsgate Pictures has fallen into an embarrassing dilemma.
"They have to give money and invest. Lionsgate has a big appetite. I remember they made two films of The Punisher, right?" Shao Shuaijun asked casually.
"There are indeed two films. The first one in 2004, "The Punisher," was pretty good, with an investment of less than 10 million, and it grossed $53.6 million at the box office. The second one was "The Punisher: War Zone" in 2008.
With an investment of 36 million US dollars, 8 million was not received at the box office. And "Humanoid" was also turned into shit by them."
Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "To give them superheroes to play with is simply a waste of resources. This time we will take over the copyrights of two Punishers and a human-like movie, right?"
"Of course we have to take it over. The Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio needs to be reorganized. We will try our best to take over all the films that have been filmed." Kevin said domineeringly. With the financial support of Dream Chase Entertainment, Marvel Comics will
Wei Comics can finally flex its muscles and regain the glory of the comics giant back then.
In its long decades of life, Marvel Comics has created more than 8,000 comic characters, and many of the superheroes have been made into live-action movies.
The earliest "Captain America" was shot by Republic Pictures in 1944, "The Punisher" by New World Pictures in 1986, "Captain America" by 20th Century Pictures in 1990 and "Captain America" by New Vision Films in 1994.
"Fantastic Four". These four movies are all very old. The copyrights have long been returned to Marvel Comics, and they have no commercial value.
There are currently a total of 22 real Marvel superhero movies, and the copyrights are scattered among the major film companies.
Warner's New Line Cinema has three films: "Blade" in 1998, "Blade 2" in 2002, and "Blade: Trinity" in 2004.
Twentieth Century Fox has "X-Men" in 2000, "Daredevil" in 2003, "X-Men 2" in 2003, "Elektra" (Daredevil series) in 2005, and "Fantastic Four" in 2005
", "X-Men: Last Stand" in 2006, "Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer" in 2007, and "X-Men: Wolverine" in 2009.
Universal Pictures owns 2003's "The Incredible Hulk", which has been taken back from Marvel Comics.
Lionsgate Pictures has three films: "The Punisher" in 2004, "Humanoid" in 2005, and "The Punisher: War Zone" in 2008.
Sony's Columbia Pictures has four films: "Spider-Man" in 2002, "Spider-Man 2" in 2004, "Ghost Rider" in 2007, and "Spider-Man 3" in 2007.
Marvel Comics, a subsidiary of Summit Entertainment, has three of its own superhero movies: "Iron Man" in 2008, "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008, and "Iron Man 2" in 2010.
There are four more films in production: Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man", 20th Century Fox's "X-Men: First Class" and Marvel Comics' "Thor" and "Captain America."
Among these live-action superhero movies, the best one to get the copyright back is New Line's Blade trilogy. Because the filming of a new movie has not been started for a long time, the copyright is about to expire, and New Line has no intention of starting a new movie. Wait until
At the end of the year, Blade will automatically return to the franchise, and all that remains to be negotiated is to buy the rights to the three movies.
Lionsgate Pictures has also reached an agreement that the Punisher and Humanoid will return. Universal’s Hulk has already been brought back before Marvel was acquired. Daredevil (Superman) under 20th Century Fox
Daredevil) and the Fantastic Four are also in the process of further discussion, and they can get it back at a small price.
The difficult ones are Sony's Spider-Man and 20th Century Fox's X-Men. For these two sequences, the two companies have no intention of negotiating. But no matter how difficult it is, Shao Shuaijun will try his best to get it back. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you have it
money!
"By the way, Kevin, is Lionsgate having a hard time this year?"
"Of course it's not easy, why do you ask this?"
Shao Shuaijun smiled a little treacherously: "Since they are having a hard time, shouldn't we help? What do you think, how about we acquire their shares?"
"Acquiring Lionsgate?" Kevin asked in surprise.
"Well, when Mitchell comes over, let's sum it up again. It doesn't necessarily mean acquiring Lionsgate Pictures, it's the same as taking a shareholding. If Summit Entertainment wants to develop, it can't be genre-oriented. We are currently doing it in youth-themed movies and comedies.
It's good, but the horror film field is rarely involved, so it can complement Lionsgate. Besides, Lionsgate's channels are also very important, right? We can also take over the copyright of "Kick-Ass" and animation.
The distribution rights of the film have also been recovered." Shao Shuaijun said ambitiously.
"Kick-Ass" is a comic adaptation by a publisher under Marvel Comics. It was released this year and has good reviews and box office. It is not an orthodox superhero, but it is not bad to join the trio of Marvel Cinematic Universe. As for animated movies
Shao Shuaijun doesn't take copyright very seriously, and it's not something that's part of the trio's plan.
It was only in 2006 that Marvel Comics and Lionsgate Pictures reached a cooperation, and the animated movies and videos produced by Marvel were handed over to Lions Gate Pictures for distribution. Lions Gate Pictures' distribution channels are indeed very powerful.
The powerful film library is what Shao Shuaijun covets.
Now he has sketched out a rough plan in his mind.
Japan's Sony can dominate Hollywood, so why can't it let Summit Entertainment dominate North America? With the solid foundation of Dream Entertainment, it won't be difficult to turn things upside down in Hollywood.
After Mitchell came over, the three people discussed the acquisition of Lionsgate Pictures. Lionsgate Pictures is also a large-scale film company. If it really wants to acquire it, it won't cost more than ten to two billion dollars. But it can be done.
Conduct tentative negotiations to see if Lionsgate shareholders are interested in selling their shares.
After talking about Lionsgate, Mitchell talked about movies again: "Shao, how much do you estimate the box office of "War for the Planet of the Apes" will be? Can it surpass "Teddy Bear"?"
Although "Teddy Bear" shocked everyone's eyeballs with $612 million, and although the trailer of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was exciting and the audience was eager to watch it sooner, the media's expectations were not very high. After all, this is a movie
It is a rigorous science fiction film, but it is the work of Shao Shuaijun.
The investment was only less than 90 million US dollars. For such a careless and cost-free science fiction film, coupled with the shocking ending of the previous film, it is very difficult to surpass it, and it is difficult for the media to have high expectations for its box office.
"Didn't you read it? Why, you don't have confidence?" Shao Shuaijun asked while eating grapes.
Mitchell rubbed his hands: "How should I put it? I have always had full confidence in you. Your vision is almost never wrong. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is also shocking. I am just afraid that the audience will not buy it. The movie
Isn’t it too deep?”
"Don't worry, US$400 million is the bottom line. Now you just need to do a good job of publicity and find someone to write the sequel script."
"You already have plans for a sequel?"
"No, I rarely shoot sequels, but "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a movie that can be a sequel. You can make arrangements accordingly."
Mitchell nodded and said nothing more. Shao Shuaijun's words gave him reassurance. Mitchell and Kevin came and left quickly. They each had complicated affairs and it was impossible to spend more time in China.
Wait. This meeting discussed the core issues of the IPO. We can discuss it later through online meetings.
So Shao Shuaijun started writing scripts and spending time with his wife again.
August 6th came soon, and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" began to land around the world. On this day, Shao Shuaijun planned to take Li Xiuxiu to the cinema to watch a movie. For Xiao Shao's safety, Li Xiuxiu stayed at home all day, whether at work or
No matter what, I feel so bored.
After asking the doctor, pregnant women who are five months pregnant can go to the movies, so the two decided to go see the IMAX version of "War for the Planet of the Apes". Now Dream Chase Cinemas are opening all over China. When they go to the cinema, they can go to the best movie theater.
Look around the area and have bodyguards around to protect you.
On the way to the cinema, Shao Shuaijun received an unexpected call. It turned out to be from Li Yu. He was in the capital now and wanted to invite Shao Shuaijun to have dinner with him tomorrow. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature for better and updated novels. quick!)